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Gabe Steadham, a fourth-grader at Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center, won the 2021 Douglas County Spelling Bee, which took place in an online format this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gabe Steadham, who finished eighth in last year’s Douglas County Spelling Bee, channeled his competitive drive to win this year’s contest a different kind of bee that was held entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center fourth grader brought the same drive to the bee that he exhibits in soccer, football, wrestling, ninja warrior gymnastics and most other things he does, according to his mother, Shanna Steadham.
A screenshot from the Lawrence Public Library s Feb. 16 virtual Bingo event.
John Nalbandian looks forward to Tuesdays, when he can Zoom into a weekly bingo game hosted by the Lawrence Public Library.
It’s not the same as playing bingo in person, of course, but it’s a means of staying connected with others, the former Lawrence mayor said.
“I live alone. I’m widowed now, and so knowing that we’re going to do bingo on Tuesday at 4 o’clock, that’s nice for me,” he said.
Nalbandian said he enjoys being around people, but the pandemic has made that difficult. For him, participating in the weekly bingo game “is just one way of kind of maintaining contact.”
University of Kansas eliminates 2 degrees, 1 department
Brian Abel - 41 Action News
and last updated 2021-02-18 12:31:22-05
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) â The University of Kansas plans to eliminate its Humanities department and two undergraduate degrees because of low enrollment, Provost Barbara Bichelemeyer said.
In addition, seven other undergraduate degrees with low enrollment will be merged with other degrees. Six low-enrollment programs will continue, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
The university will discontinue its Humanities department, along with degrees in Visual Art Education and Humanities, Bichelemeyer told the Kansas Board of Regents Wednesday.
Discontinuing the Visual Art Education degree would save about $100,000 and eliminating the Humanities degree would save about $400,000, she said.